FORDE, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

'Forde' is a designated suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. It is named for Frank Forde, a politician who was Prime Minister of Australia for a week in 1945 after the death of John Curtin. The postcode is 2914.
A planned suburb named Forde was named some years ago, when Gungahlin was opened up to development. It will become Canberra's newest developed suburb when construction starts in late 2006, as part of a joint venture between Delfin Lend Lease, Canberra Investment Corporation and the ACT Land Development Agency. It is expected to eventually house approximately 2500 people by 2013.^[1] The suburb covers 131ha and 29% will be "green spaces"

Contents

Location

History

Geology

References

Location

It is next to the suburbs of Amaroo, Throsby and Bonner, also lying at the edge of the Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve. It is bounded by Horse Park Drive and Gundaroo Road.
The head of Ginninderra Creek starts in the northern end of the suburb. The low point is 614 meters, and the highest point is 654 meters on Gundaroo Road at the northernmost point of Forde. A trail for horses is also located in the suburb.

History

Before the construction of the suburb the area consisted of farmland. Farms included ''Stray Leaf'', ''East View'' and ''Mulligans Flat''.

Geology

The rock under Forde consists of Canberra Formation of middle Silurian age. It consists of shale, slate, and mudstone. A fault follows Ginninderra Creek, marked with quartz. Folds have distorted the rock with structure in the north east direction, parallel to the fault.

References

1. Latest suburb to break new ground, ''Canberra Times, June 2, 2006